This week Dad drew an AutoCad picture of the flooring layout including the wood stove hearth so we'll know how all pieces will fit. Then he built a frame so Mom could set the slate flush with the wood floor.  The slate color is a little dark; our paw prints show!!  I'm sure we'll never hear the end of it!




Today we had our first fire in an insulated house!!

We installed the closet door and the cellar door (unfinished).  The cellar door should help keep the house warmer.

The windows got cleaned up this week too!  All the tape and mud was removed and sanded ready to be stained!


Osker's foot seems to be better.  Although there may be something in his foot, it's not slowing him down!

They finally took me to the secret swimming hole!  It's on Elk Creek across the road and is deep and wide.  I can jump into deep water right from the side.  It was wonderful!

This was the last of the primed, yellow hardiboard!  The khaki color at the bottom is not much different but the house and garage look so much better!

 My human sister, Erin, came over last weekend and helped Mom finish painting the interior walls!!  Mom sprayed and Erin rolled.  This past week Mom got the ceilings rolled with a flat paint.

Osker has a foxtail in his paw.  The doctor poked around but couldn't find it.  Now it's swollen.  He has to soak his paw several times a day.  He has to stay inside this weekend and I have to babysit.

 The house is painted!!!  Still some trim pieces to cut, paint, and nail up, but that can wait a year, right??!!!

We've had some 32 deg mornings.  The garden frosted, but the walnut trees in the foreground of this picture haven't been hit yet.

 Mom got the hardibacker cut and layed down in the bathrooms.  Now it needs hundreds of nails hammered in.  The guy who is making the bathroom cabinets is almost ready to install, so this underlayment had to be done even though there is no plan yet for type of tiles or shower stalls!!!

Dad and Mom are trying to finish the T&G over the garage/shop so that the last piece of siding can be put up, so that the front side can be painted!!!